Use one of the above methods to add the filter to the default layout.
Filter container tableau.
From the drop down menu of the sheet you want to expand choose use as filter.
A vertical sub container for the menu area.
I used to hate them because i didn t understand how they worked or rather why most of the time they would just not work even if i expected them to work.
It holds three horizontal containers color coded below plus individual elements for text images filters legends and the worksheet we ll use for the close icon.
The green container contains the legends and filters and is created automatically by tableau.
A horizontal object will place your sheets from.
Containers in tableau people either love them or hate them.
Containers allow you to essentially group dashboard objects sheets text images filters etc together.
This means the container itself can be moved anywhere on the dashboard and and the dashboard objects within will stay the same size and in the same position relative to each other.
Layout containers in tableau 8 force spatial relationships between dashboard components.
This sheet controls the positioning of other elements inside the main horizontal container.
Here we have discussed the basic concept and stepwise process of adding filters in tableau dashboard.
New and old tableau users alike struggle with grasping tableau s concept of layout containers.
To control how target sheets resize when no marks are.
A floating horizontal container that extends beyond the boundaries of the dashboard.
The yellow container encloses all containers.
In the target sheets section of the edit filter action dialog box select the other sheets in the layout container.
Tableau desktop will automatically add the filter to all device layouts if no modifications have been made to the device layout separate from the default layout.
Add multiple sheets with related data to a layout container.
Choose dashboard actions and double click the generated filter you just created.
In the upper right of the layout container there is an arrow a funnel and a x.
This sheet controls the positioning of other elements inside the main horizontal container.
Rather filters are added over the dashboard to equally affect all the analysis in order to obtain context specific insights from all the analyses.
How to create a container layout.
Under objects on the dashboard pane add a layout container by dragging a horizontal or vertical container to the view.
Then i had to get to know them and now i love them.
A vertical sub container for the visualisation.
A blank worksheet that can be shown or hidden with action filters.
The diagram below shows how the menu container is structured.
You can manually set the width of a vertical sub container or the height of a horizontal sub container.
A floating horizontal container that extends beyond the boundaries of the dashboard.
I put together this exercise last week for a recent training course to help explain what is going on behind the scenes.
A vertical sub container for the menu area.
